Background
Williams, Tony John was born on January 11, 1946 in Swansea, United Kingdom. Son of Glyn and Margaret (Cunnick) Williams. came to the United States, 1984.
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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition
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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film traces the origins of the 1970s family horror subgenre to certain aspects of American culture and classical Hollywood cinema. Far from being an ephemeral and short-lived genre, horror actually relates to many facets of American history from its beginnings to the present day. Individual chapters examine aspects of the genre, its roots in the Universal horror films of the 1930s, the Val Lewton RKO unit of the 1940s, and the crucial role of Alfred Hitchcock as the father of the modern American horror film. Subsequent chapters investigate the key works of the 1970s by directors such as Larry Cohen, George A. Romero, Brian De Palma, Wes Craven, and Tobe Hooper, revealing the distinctive nature of films such as Bone, It’s Alive, God Told Me To, Carrie, The Exorcist, Exorcist 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, as well as the contributions of such writers as Stephen King. Williams also studies the slasher films of the 1980s and 1990s, such as the Friday the 13th series, Halloween, the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Nightmare on Elm Street, exploring their failure to improve on the radical achievements of the films of the 1970s. After covering some post-1970s films, such as The Shining, the book concludes with a new postscript examining neglected films of the twentieth and early twenty-first century. Despite the overall decline in the American horror film, Williams determines that, far from being dead, the family horror film is still with us. Elements of family horror even appear in modern television series such as The Sopranos. This updated edition also includes a new introduction.
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Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker by Tony Williams (2015-01-30)
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Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, Rev. Ed. by Tony Williams (2014-10-28)
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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film
(After tracing relevant psychoanalytic and historical orig...)
After tracing relevant psychoanalytic and historical origins of the family horror film, Tony Williams traces this theme's development from Frankenstein, Hitchcock's influence, Satanist movies, to the genre's seventies renaissance. The book also argues that family horror never vanished from the eighties films but still functions as a motif.
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Italian Western: The Opera of Violence by Laurence Staig (1975-01-01)
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Vietnam War Films: More Than 600 Feature, Made-for-TV, Pilot and Short Movies, 1939-1992, from the United States, Vietnam, France, Belgium, Australia, ... Africa, Great Britain and Other Countries
(This is the filmography. There are 137 Vietnamese films n...)
This is the filmography. There are 137 Vietnamese films not before noted in the literature. The French coverage is of course comprehensive. As for the U.S., the so-called covert Vietnam films (Soldier Blue, Little Big Man, etc.) that treat the war in an indirect or allegorical way are covered in addition to the mainstream movies. Each entry includes title, alternate titles, year of release, country, studio, credits (director, producer, screenplay, editor, music, cast), availability on video, major themes, plot synopses, and critical commentary on the film and its relevance to Vietnam. The cooperation of the Office of the General Secretary of the Vietnamese Filmmakers' Association and the Vietnamese material from the years 1959 through 1989.
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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition by Williams, Tony (2015) Paperback
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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition by Tony Williams (2015-01-01)
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Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, Rev. Ed.
(Now in a revised edition, this book is the only published...)
Now in a revised edition, this book is the only published study devoted to Larry Cohen and his significance as a great American filmmaker. The first edition is long out of print and often sought after. This edition covers all the director's films, television work and screenplays, and contains an updated interview with the director as well as interviews with his colleagues Janelle Webb Cohen, Michael Moriarty and James Dixon. The filmography and bibliography are also updated.
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Jack London: The Movie
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Tony John Williams
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Tony John Williams, American English educator. Named Jack London Man of Year, Jack London Research Center, Sonoma, 1989. Member Popular Culture Association (area chair 1989), Society for Cinema Studies, Manchester U. Film Society (life; vice president 1972-1973), Association Cinema and television Technicians, Emile Zola Society (member editorial committee Excavatio since 1992).
Education
Teachers certified, Swansea (United Kingdom) College Education, 1967; Bachelor with first class honors, Manchester (United Kingdom) U., 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Theology, Manchester (United Kingdom) U., 1974; Master of Arts in Film Studies, Warwick (United Kingdom) U., 1977.
Career
Teacher, Gravesend (United Kingdom) School for Boys, Kent, 1974-1977;
researcher in entertainment, Bury (United Kingdom) Metropolitan Council, 1979-1980;
administrator, Northern Black Light Theatre, York, England, 1980-1981;
lecturer, College of Adult Education, Manchester, 1981-1984;
lecturer, Manchester (United Kingdom) U., 1981-1984;
associate professor, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, since 1984. Consultant Jack London Research Center, Sonoma, California, since 1988. Advisory board Jack London Foundation, Sonoma, since 1989, Jack London Society, France, since 1994.
ReviewerCinema Journal, since 1993.
Achievements
Works
book
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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film
(After tracing relevant psychoanalytic and historical orig...)
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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition
( Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror ...)
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Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, Rev. Ed.
(Now in a revised edition, this book is the only published...)
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Vietnam War Films: More Than 600 Feature, Made-for-TV, Pilot and Short Movies, 1939-1992, from the United States, Vietnam, France, Belgium, Australia, ... Africa, Great Britain and Other Countries
(This is the filmography. There are 137 Vietnamese films n...)
- Jack London The Movies An Historical Survey
- Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker by Tony Williams (2015-01-30)
- Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, Rev. Ed. by Tony Williams (2014-10-28)
- Italian Western: The Opera of Violence by Laurence Staig (1975-01-01)
- Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition by Williams, Tony (2015) Paperback
- Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film, Updated Edition by Tony Williams (2015-01-01)
- Jack London: The Movie
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Hearths of Darkness: The Family in the American Horror Film
Membership
Member Popular Culture Association (area chair 1989), Society for Cinema Studies, Manchester U. Film Society (life. Vice president 1972-1973), Association Cinema and television Technicians, Emile Zola Society (member editorial committee Excavatio since 1992).
Connections
Married Kathleen Ensor, June 1, 1990.
